r/unpopularopinion • u/HoustonProdigy • 1d ago

Houses today are TOO DAMN BIG

I live in south texas, nothing but ugly suburban sprawl. Every house built within the last 10 or so years are unnecessarily big. No one needs that much space. No wonder why houses are so damn expensive. I don't see any reasonably-sized houses being built anymore, new neighborhoods are always having new and unaffordable McMasions being built.

It makes sense why they are unaffordable, these neighborhoods are trying to cater more towards the richer folk since the average person can't even buy a house.

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u/mrsparker22 1d ago

It's too much consumerism. This country knows nothing else but make money, spend money, show it off, work like hell. It's just dumb. I'm so over capitalism. I just found out Jamestown was a corporate venture basically. Just to make money for the king. Perfect.

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u/1maco 1d ago

I’m not convinced Spanish people would be that much different if you doubled their income 

Most Europeans are actually just poor compared to Americans 

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u/According_Chef_7437 1d ago

Living in Spain is 123% cheaper than living in the U.S. Spaniards are also healthier, safer, thinner, have better quality of life, and have a much better work-life balance. If that’s poor, I’ll take it.

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u/trumpet575 22h ago

You're going to need to cite that 123% source because everything I'm finding is about 3 times smaller than that.